Under What Conditions Does a Carbon Tax on Fossil Fuels Stimulate Biofuels?

A carbon tax is an efficient economic instrument to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide released from fossil fuel burning. Its impacts on production of renewable energy depend on how it is designed -- particularly in the context of the penetration o...

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Main Authors:	Timilsina, Govinda R., Csordas, Stefan, Mevel, Simon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS ATMOSPHERE BIOMASS BUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIO CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CARBON CARBON ABATEMENT CARBON DEBT CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON POLICIES CARBON SOURCES CARBON TAX CARBON TAXES CARBON-INTENSIVE MANUFACTURING CHEMICALS CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CLEANER PRODUCTION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICIES CLIMATE POLICY CLIMATE PROTECTION CLIMATIC CHANGE CO CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL COST OF CARBON CRUDE OIL CRUDE OIL PRICE DEMAND FOR ENERGY DIESEL DISPOSABLE INCOME DOMESTIC SUPPLY DRIVERS DRIVING ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECOLOGICAL ZONES EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY EMISSION EMISSION POLICIES EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL EMISSION TAX EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM FUEL EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE END-USE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY INTENSIVE ENERGY MIX ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY TAX ENERGY TRANSFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH ETHANOL FOREST FOREST LAND FORESTRY FOSSIL ENERGY FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING FOSSIL FUELS FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL PRICE FUEL SUPPLY FUEL TAX GAS PRODUCTION GASOLINE GHG GLOBAL CARBON TAX GLOBAL ENERGY MIX GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES HOUSEHOLD SECTOR IMPACTS OF FUEL PRICE INCOME TAXES INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY IPCC LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LIQUID FUELS MITIGATION POTENTIAL NATURAL GAS NEGATIVE IMPACTS NUCLEAR POWER OILS PETROLEUM PRICE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS POWER GENERATION PRICE VOLATILITY REFINED OIL RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR TAX POLICY TAX RATE TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAXATION TOTAL ENERGY DEMAND TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION FUEL TRUE WELFARE FUNCTION
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